White House Report Card: Biden sinks lower, to 'supplicant' status | Washington Examiner
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Via: texan1211 • 5 months ago • 43 commentsBy: SecretsBedard (Washington Examiner)
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This week's White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden's approval rating continuing to sink, his reelection on the ropes, his impeachment green-lighted by the House, and his son Hunter in greater legal trouble. There were positive signs about the economy, but voters don't believe he should get any credit, something the White House is trying to turn around before Election Day.
In a pre-Christmas bid for support, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky came to Washington and, with Biden, sought more financial help from Congress. Republicans, more concerned about the American border war than Ukraine, said that they should get tax dollars first.
Conservative grader Jed Babbin gave Biden another F, noting that other failures this week included a weak international climate deal and the muddying of America's position on the Israel-Hamas war.
Democratic pollster John Zogby played up the good economic news in grading the week a C-minus but noted Biden's weak polls and said that on Israel, the president "was sounding more like a supplicant than the most powerful man in the world."
Jed Babbin
Grade: F
This was another rough week for President Joe Biden. The House began its impeachment inquiry, his cocaine-sniffing son defied a congressional subpoena, and he made promises to the United Nations's climate change grifters that could shut down about 60% of United States electricity generating plants.
The downhill slide began on Tuesday when Biden seemed to first realize that his spending spree caused the inflation America is suffering. He said, "I know many Americans still find too many things unaffordable." Ya think?
Nevertheless, Biden is continuing to spend. He promised the United Nation's COP 28 group another $3 billion for the climate fund. His administration also promised the eco-advocates that he would enforce new EPA climate rules on all coal-fired electric generation plants, which they can't possibly comply with. That would have the effect of closing down the aforementioned 60% of electric generation.
House Republicans' Biden impeachment inquiry was voted to go ahead. They won't manage to throw Biden out of office, but Biden's corruption — from first son Hunter's dealings around the world and especially in China — could put Biden on the front page all next year. Hunter's defiance of a House subpoena resulted in contempt of Congress proceedings also being begun. It will be another helpful headline in January and February. Wanna bet whether Biden's Justice Department will help the Republicans enforce a contempt citation against Hunter Biden?
Meanwhile, the president is trying to micromanage Israel's defensive war on Hamas. He and his minions are demanding that the war be over in January, despite the historically proven reality that wars can't be run on artificial timetables. Defying Biden, the Israelis say they'll go it alone if necessary.
And to top it all off, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky came to Washington to plead for more aid. Biden, having failed to get any from Congress, gave Zelensky $200 million in U.S. arms, drawing down ammo stocks yet again.
John Zogby
Grade: C-
There was more good economic news as the stock markets soar and gold is really worth gold. There is even a change in conversation about the economy as gas prices go down and folks are spending more. Congress gives the military a substantial pay raise.
But few voters are giving President Joe Biden any credit.
He is shifting his view on Israel's bombardment of Palestinians in Gaza, but not his tone. He is sounding more like a supplicant than the most powerful man in the world, and this is not being lost on either younger voters who favor a ceasefire or independents who are horrified by the destruction and death in the region.
Biden continues to lag in the polls, and one poll even shows him trailing former Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and Trump-era United Nations ambassador, by 17 points.
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Joe Biden is really wowing the US population now, isn't he?
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CNN - Americans’ views of President Joe Biden’s job performance have ebbed since the start of the year, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds. The public’s views of the national economy remain lackluster, with more than 4 in 10 saying they’re seriously concerned rising costs could push them out of their own communities.
It should be fun to hear Democrats tell members of their own party how good they have it as if they don't know what their own finances are.
Two of them are so distraught they decided to have gay butt sex in the senate hearing room.
Let us hope that the general public is far smarter than the Biden Administration gives them credit for.
God forbid if the public is actually as dumb as Biden hopes they are.
And yet--still---inflation is higher than when Biden took office despite it only being temporary.
I guess some of us aren't idiots and don't think 3 years is temporary.
Read some facts about the wondrous Bidenomics:
Biden's Numbers, October 2023 Update - FactCheck.org
"Over the last year, polls have shown voters holding a decidedly grim economic outlook. Most Americans rate current economic conditions as “poor.” Many think we are in a recession and aren’t optimistic that things will improve. They view Republicans as better able to address economic issues and, in the crucial battleground states, have more trust in Trump than Biden to do a better job on the economy — and by a whopping 22 points. An October poll from PRRI found that, in a rare moment of bipartisan agreement, “increasing costs of housing and everyday expenses” topped the list of the most important issues for voters. Other polls have found similar results. "
Over the last 3 years, polls reflect that Americans have wakened to the fact that Bidenomics isn't good for their wallets.
Just too bad we all don't have sugar bros overseas to deposit money into our accounts for us.
It was not reported on fox because it is bullshit.
Thirty year US Senator, two term Vice President, current POTUS.
Unqualified? GTFOOH...
Biden WISHES he was that good.
Instead, he benefitted from his son's business, foreign money found its way into the Biden Family accounts, including Joe Biden's own account.
Sorry but, Joe and Jill Biden's taxes are public going back for decades so if you or the damn gop in Congress have any proof they ever received any unreported income then you would have them fair and square. You have not done so because you cannot because they did not. M'kay?
You should really look into another line of defense for your boy. That one is stupid, unreasoned, meaningless and repeated FAR TOO OFTEN to ever, ever be taken even half-way seriously.
You can make any excuse you wish out of thin air, but the simple facts are:
Foreign money flowed freely to Biden Family accounts. Including Joe Biden's.
Bank records don't lie, but Bidens do.
Funny coming from someone voting for the party of the infamous "reset button"!
And didn't a Biden get tons of money from the wife of the former mayor of Moscow?
Latest polls show Biden's approval number are on the brink of sinking into the 20s.
How in God's name could anyone in their right mind think this idiot is doing good for this country?
Whoever these delusional 33 percent are, they surely are most who rely on the government to get them through life.
He is working hard for himself and no one else.
He may have these government mooching offices in his past, but he sucked at every one of them.
Keep posting this nonsense if it helps you swallow the coolaid. Less and less people are drinking from his punch bowl of lies so there is more for you.
We can't be sure of that, what with all that foreign money flowing to the Biden Family.
Despite the massive amount of Bidenistas cheerleading for him, the public doesn't seem swayed.
I'm sure it is yet another case of the highly educated, highly intelligent Democrats having that dastardly 'messaging' problem.
The public overall isn't swallowing the Biden swill any longer.
Wages and Inflation
CPI — Inflation came roaring back under Biden. During his first 32 months in office, the Consumer Price Index rose 17.1%.
It was for a time the worst inflation in decades. The 12 months ending in June 2022 saw a 9.1% increase in the CPI (before seasonal adjustment), which the Bureau of Labor Statistics said was the biggest such increase since the 12 months ending in November 1981.
Inflation has moderated since then. The CPI rose 3.7% in the 12 months ending in September, the most recent figure available.
Gasoline Prices — The price of gasoline shot up even faster.
During the week ending Oct. 16, the national average price of regular gasoline at the pump was $3.58. That’s $1.20 higher than in the week before Biden took office, an increase of 50.3%.
The price swung even more wildly during Biden’s first year and a half, hitting just over $5 per gallon in the week ending June 13, 2022. That’s the highest on record. The rise was propelled by motorists resuming travel after pandemic lockdowns and then by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
Wages — Wages also have gone up under Biden, but not as fast as prices.
Average weekly earnings for rank-and-file workers went up 13.1% during Biden’s first 32 months in office, according to monthly figures compiled by the BLS. Those production and nonsupervisory workers make up 81% of all employees in the private sector.
But inflation ate up all that gain and more. “Real” weekly earnings, which are adjusted for inflation and measured in dollars valued at their average level in 1982-84, actually declined 3.9% since Biden took office.
More recently, real wages have been inching up, rising 0.7% since hitting the low point under Biden in June 2022.
That’s should leave a mark
the deficit basically doubled to almost 2 trillion dollars in 2023 and he’s trying to take credit for cutting it. Not even an attempt to be accurate.
Yes, due to the bipartisan infrastructure bill which basically doubled the deficit for 2023 to two trillion, which is still a trillion less than Trump's massive three trillion deficit in 2020...
Wasn't the 2020 deficit due to a bipartisan COVID bill?
Why do you just make things up? The infrastructure bill did not cost 800 billion last year.
No war. No Covid. Biden just oversaw massive increases in governmental expenditures and falling tax revenue that led to the highest deficit in American history that wasn’t caused by an emergency.
So your claim is that the deficit doubled in 2023 because of the infrastructure bill passed in 2021?
I have seen many false, sometimes hilariously false, claims.
This has to rank among the top 3.
With the WILDLY SUCCESSFUL BIDENOMICS WORKING MIRACLES, why on God's green earth would we have ANY deficit?
I'll tell you why.
Biden and Democrats like to spend JUST AS MUCH as the GOP does, and they continue to do so even while claiming everything's fine!
As a Bidenomics 'expert', can you tell me why people can't pay their bills?
Why people have less disposable income than when Biden took office?
Why is inflation so persistent rather than 'temporary' as your guru claimed?
Do you think people are so stupid--Republicans AND Democrats AND independents--that they don't even know what their own personal finances are?
When Biden took a economy to rock bottom and the only place to go was up, of course him and his minions will try to take credit for improving it!😏
Of course.
It is like the ones who tout that inflation numbers have improved.
Sure, they are better than at their worst under Biden, but STILL higher than under his predecessor. Some people aren't smart enough to know that they are paying significantly more for just about everything but partisan blinders won't allow them to see it.
It won't because the blinders protect them!
Why? The intended recipient will simply ignore it and parrot some Biden Admin. bullshit.
I laugh harder everytime I see that
Notice how "Highest levels of inflation in over 40 years" is conveniently left out?
Or "Educated people suddenly are unable to pay their loans"?
Not to mention 30+ years of homesteading in Congress with no real appreciable progress to show.